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I am overcoming my inability to type with my ability to talk (and talk and talk and talk) I'll be posting a video every week on my YouTube channel. I'll be posting those videos here too along with an occasional regular blog in the mix. (As long as my hands are up to doing the extra typing.)

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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Mood Boards

This is my new project this year. I've seen them on Pinterest and I've seen them used for the inspiration challenge at Ginger Scraps. I think they are pretty cool to look at on their own too.


Mood Boards are used for many things. They can be digital, done by hand or even done on the corkboard. Grouping things by color can inspire decorating or clothing. A board showing rooms painted in shades on a paint sample with other items can be used to help clients make paint and trim choices in new construction and marketing departments create them to brainstorm


They can also be visual aids for teaching, or an interactive project.


Mood Boards can have a therapeutic use or they can just be an outlet for expression.


It can be a photography display or just pleasant wall decor in an office.


There really are no rules, which is why I'm attracted to them.


This year I plan to scrap at least 2 each month. I haven't decided if the mood boards will be part of my regular scrapbooks or if I'll add them as pages in my annual scrapped diary, aka project 365. Maybe I'll decide they aren't worth printing and I'll just put the images in my personal journal. If a great-grand niece or nephew reads them after I'm gone and sells it, they can use them when they decorate the sets for my homes or offices for the movie. I've been told I write colorful stories and I'm only 50, I still have a good 40+ years to do something movie-worthy!

One oh my Januarys
Credits: #2017 January mini kit by Connie Prince, photos from web; fair use

I did 2 in January. One was fun and encouraging, the other was depressing but a little therapeutic. I think the depressing issue may need to be another art journal. Perhaps for therapeutic use, a board is good for things that just bug me a little. The mood boards are kinda fun so far.

1 comment:

Edna B said...

Good morning Nani. Your moodboards look really interesting. That one with the food is simply yummy!

We are buried beneath more than a foot of snow here. (south of Boston) It's pretty, but very depressing! It's also only 16 degrees, so it's too cold to go outside and take photos. I tried already and my hands froze. Duh! Did I really think they wouldn't? haha. Even Pogo won't venture outside.

We're in the process of getting shoveled out. It's an all day job. I can't wait to escape to Florida for a bit of warm temps.

Now I have dishes waiting to be washed, so I'll bid you a wonderful weekend. Stay warm my friend, hugs, Edna B.